2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
UEFA
Group 1
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Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
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Play-offs

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Croatia qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Belgium advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against the Czech Republic.

Standings

Final table																	Home							Away
Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts								Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Croatia	8	5	3	0	15	2	+13	18		-	1:0	1:1	4:1	4:0		4	3	1	0	10	2	10	4	2	2	0	5	0	8
2.	Belgium	8	5	2	1	25	6	+19	17		0:0	-	2:0	3:1	10:1		4	3	1	0	15	2	10	4	2	1	1	10	4	7
3.	Scotland	8	4	3	1	12	6	+6	15		0:0	2:2	-	2:1	4:0		4	2	2	0	8	3	8	4	2	1	1	4	3	7
4.	Latvia	8	1	1	6	5	16	-11	4		0:1	0:4	0:1	-	1:1		4	0	1	3	1	7	1	4	1	0	3	4	9	3
5.	San Marino	8	0	1	7	3	30	-27	1		0:4	1:4	0:2	0:1	-		4	0	0	4	1	11	0	4	0	1	3	2	19	1

Results

Belgium  v  Croatia

September 2, 2000 20:00 UTC+2

Belgium	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Latvia  v  Scotland

September 2, 2000 17:00 UTC+2

Latvia	0–1	Scotland
	Report	McCann  89'

Skonto stadions, Riga Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Latvia  v  Belgium

October 7, 2000 19:15 UTC+2

Latvia	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Wilmots  5' B. Peeters  13' Cavens  83' G. Verheyen  90'

Skonto stadions, Riga Referee: Leslie Irvine (N. Ireland)

San Marino  v  Scotland

October 7, 2000 19:45 UTC+2

San Marino	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Elliott  71' Hutchison  73'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

Croatia  v  Scotland

October 11, 2000 20:00 UTC+2

Croatia	1–1	Scotland
Bokšić  16'	Report	K. Gallacher  24'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

San Marino  v  Latvia

November 15, 2000 20:30 UTC+1

San Marino	0–1	Latvia
	Report	Jeļisejevs  9'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Belgium  v  San Marino

February 28, 2001 20:15 UTC+1

Belgium	10–1	San Marino
Vanderhaeghe  10', 50' É. Mpenza  13' Goor  26', 60' Baseggio  64' Wilmots  72' B. Peeters  76', 84', 88'	Report	Selva  90'

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Croatia  v  Latvia

March 24, 2001 18:00 UTC+1

Croatia	4–1	Latvia
Balaban  8', 42', 45' Vugrinec  89'	Report	Štolcers  60'

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Scotland  v  Belgium

March 24, 2001 15:00 UTC

Scotland	2–2	Belgium
Dodds  2', 27' (pen.)	Report	Wilmots  58' Van Buyten  90'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Scotland  v  San Marino

March 28, 2001 20:00 UTC+1

Scotland	4–0	San Marino
Hendry  22', 33' Dodds  34' Cameron  63'	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

Latvia  v  San Marino

April 25, 2001 18:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–1	San Marino
Pahars  1'	Report	Albani  59'

Skonto stadions, Riga Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

Croatia  v  San Marino

June 2, 2001 20:15 UTC+2

Croatia	4–0	San Marino
Vlaović  3' Balaban  29' Šuker  54' (pen.) Vugrinec  89'	Report

Stadion NK Varteks, Varazdin Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia)

Belgium  v  Latvia

June 2, 2001 20:00 UTC+2

Belgium	3–1	Latvia
Wilmots  2' É. Mpenza  12' Zemļinskis  50' (o.g.)	Report	Pahars  52'

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)

Latvia  v  Croatia

June 6, 2001 18:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Balaban  40'

Skonto stadions, Riga Referee: John McDermott (Rep. Ireland)

San Marino  v  Belgium

June 6, 2001 20:30 UTC+2

San Marino	1–4	Belgium
Selva  11'	Report	Wilmots  10', 89' (pen.) G.Verheyen  60' Sonck  68'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Referee: Haim Yakov (Israel)

Scotland  v  Croatia

September 1, 2001 15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	0–0	Croatia
	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

San Marino  v  Croatia

September 5, 2001 20:15 UTC+2

San Marino	0–4	Croatia
	Report	N. Kovač  40' Prosinečki  48' (pen.), 90' Soldo  77'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark)

Belgium  v  Scotland

September 5, 2001 20:15 UTC+2

Belgium	2–0	Scotland
N. Van Kerckhoven  28' Goor  90'	Report

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)

Croatia  v  Belgium

October 6, 2001 18:00 UTC+2

Croatia	1–0	Belgium
Bokšić  75'	Report

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Scotland  v  Latvia

October 6, 2001 17:00 UTC+1

Scotland	2–1	Latvia
Freedman  44' D. Weir  53'	Report	Rubins  21'

Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	6
2	Bosko Balaban	Croatia	5
3	Bob Peeters	Belgium	4
4	Bart Goor	Belgium	3
	Billy Dodds	Scotland
6	Émile Mpenza	Belgium	2
	Yves Vanderhaeghe	Belgium
	Gert Verheyen	Belgium
	Alen Bokšić	Croatia
	Robert Prosinečki	Croatia
	Davor Vugrinec	Croatia
	Marians Pahars	Latvia
	Andy Selva	San Marino
	Colin Hendry	Scotland

1 goal

Belgium Walter Baseggio Jurgen Cavens Wesley Sonck Daniel Van Buyten Nico Van Kerckhoven  Croatia Niko Kovač Zvonimir Soldo Davor Šuker Goran Vlaović

Latvia Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs Andrejs Rubins Andrejs Štolcers  San Marino Nicola Albani

Scotland Colin Cameron Matt Elliott Dougie Freedman Kevin Gallacher Don Hutchison Neil McCann David Weir

Own goal

Mihails Zemļinskis (playing against Belgium).

Team stats

 Belgium

Head coach: Robert Waseige

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on											Club
MF	Walter Baseggio	August 19, 1978	3	1	246	2	0	B	B	75	81	-	-	-	90	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Danny Boffin	July 10, 1965	4	0	44	0	4	-	5									FC Metz
										B	B	22	11	B	B	B	6	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
FW	Jurgen Cavens	August 19, 1974	1	1	10	0	1	-	10	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
MF	Philippe Clement	March 22, 1975	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	90	Club Brugge K.V.
DF	Bertrand Crasson	October 5, 1971	2	0	114	0	1	-	-	24	-	90	-	B	B	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
DF	Glen De Boeck	August 22, 1971	5	0	405	0	1	-	-	-	90	B	B	90	90	45	90	R.S.C. Anderlecht
GK	Geert De Vlieger	October 16, 1971	10	0	900	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Willem II
DF	Eric Deflandre	August 2, 1973	9	0	723	2	0	90	90	66	27	-	90	90	90	90	90	Olympique Lyonnais
MF	Didier Dheedene	January 22, 1972	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	90	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Gaëtan Englebert	June 11, 1976	1	0	59	1	0	-	-	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Club Brugge K.V.
GK	Ronny Gaspercic	May 9, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	/2[1] CF Extremadura
MF	Bart Goor	April 9, 1973	10	3	852	4	4	88	90	90	90	68	75					R.S.C. Anderlecht
														90	81	90	90	Hertha BSC Berlin
FW	Michaël Goossens	November 30, 1973	1	0	2	0	1	-	2	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	Standard Liège
DF	Marc Hendrikx	July 2, 1974	3	0	56	1	2	2	B	-	45	-	-					K.R.C. Genk
														B	81	B	B	R.S.C. Anderlecht
GK	Frédéric Herpoel	August 16, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	K.A.A. Gent
GK	Jan Moons	September 26, 1970	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	K.R.C. Genk
FW	Émile Mpenza	July 4, 1978	5	2	424	2	0	76	-	90	90	78	-	-	90	-	-	FC Schalke 04
FW	Mbo Mpenza	December 4, 1976	1	0	14	0	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Sporting Clube de Portugal
FW	Bob Peeters	January 10, 1974	7	4	246	2	5	29	80	31	45	-	53	8	0	-	-	Vitesse Arnhem
DF	Jacky Peeters	December 13, 1969	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	-	-	-	-	B	-	B	B	K.A.A. Gent
DF	Timmy Simons	December 11, 1976	4	0	273	0	1	-	-	B	B	90	B	3	-	90	90	Club Brugge K.V.
FW	Wesley Sonck	August 9, 1978	6	1	294	3	3	-	-	-	-	12	37	82	21	79	63	K.R.C. Genk
FW	Branko Strupar	February 9, 1970	1	0	61	1	0	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Derby County
DF	Joos Valgaeren	March 3, 1976	5	0	418	1	0	90	90	-	58	90	90	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Daniel Van Buyten	February 7, 1978	2	1	122	0	1	-	-	90	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	Standard Liège
DF	Peter Van Der Heyden	July 16, 1976	1	0	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	Club Brugge K.V.
GK	Yves Van der Straeten	January 18, 1971	0	0	0	0	0	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Lierse S.K.
FW	Peter Van Houdt	November 4, 1976	1	0	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	B	Borussia Mönchengladbach
MF	Joris Van Hout	January 10, 1977	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	-	-	K.V. Mechelen
DF	Nico Van Kerckhoven	December 14, 1970	7	1	619	1	0	90	90	-	-	B	79	90	90	90	90	FC Schalke 04
DF	Eric Van Meir	February 28, 1968	8	0	675	1	0	90	90	90	-	90	90					Lierse S.K.
														90	90	45	-	Standard Liège
MF	Yves Vanderhaeghe	January 30, 1970	8	2	630	0	1	90	90	90	90	-	90	90	90	B	0	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Gert Verheyen	September 20, 1970	8	3	720	0	0	90	90	-	-	90	90	90	90	90	90	Club Brugge K.V.
MF	Sven Vermant	April 4, 1973	6	0	226	1	4	-	-	15	9	7	15					Club Brugge K.V.
														-	-	90	90	FC Schalke 04
MF	Johan Walem	February 1, 1972	6	0	531	2	0	B	90	-	-	90	90					Udinese Calcio
														87	-	90	84	Standard Liège
MF	Marc Wilmots	February 22, 1969	9	8	717	3	1	90	88	90	90	83	90					FC Girondins de Bordeaux
														90	69	-	27	FC Schalke 04

 Scotland

Head coach: Craig Brown

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
FW	Scott Booth	December 16, 1971	3	0	133	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	71	35	27	FC Twente
DF	Tom Boyd	November 24, 1965	6	0	427	1	2	90	57	90	90	45	-	55	-	Celtic F.C.
FW	Mark Burchill	August 18, 1980	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	/2[1] Birmingham City
MF	Craig Burley	September 24, 1971	6	0	532	0	0	-	-	90	90	90	90	82	90	Derby County
MF	Colin Cameron	October 23, 1972	7	1	452	1	3	45	90	90	B	82				Heart of Midlothian
													39	16	90	/2[1] Wolverhampton Wanderers
FW	Stephen Crawford	January 9, 1974	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	B	Dunfermline Athletic
DF	Christian Dailly	October 23, 1973	5	0	393	1	0	90	33	-						/2[1] Blackburn Rovers
											-	-	90	90	90	West Ham United
DF	Callum Davidson	June 25, 1976	2	0	135	1	0	45	B	-	-	-	-	-	90	Leicester City
FW	Paul Dickov	November 1, 1972	2	0	70	0	2	-	25	45	-	-	-	-	-	Manchester City
FW	Billy Dodds	February 5, 1969	6	3	469	2	1	90	90	-	90	90	19	90	-	Rangers F.C.
GK	Robert Douglas	April 24, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	B	B	-	-	B	Celtic F.C.
DF	Matt Elliott	November 1, 1968	8	1	657	2	0	90	90	90	90	45	90	90	72	Leicester City
MF	Barry Ferguson	February 2, 1978	2	0	180	0	0	90	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	Rangers F.C.
FW	Dougie Freedman	May 25, 1974	1	1	90	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	/2[1] Crystal Palace
FW	Kevin Gallacher	November 23, 1966	4	1	181	1	2	-	65	90	0	26	-	-	-	Newcastle United
GK	Paul Gallacher	August 16, 1979	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	-	Dundee United
MF	Scot Gemmill	January 2, 1971	2	0	14	0	2	-	-	-	B	8	6	B	-	Everton F.C.
GK	Jonathan Gould	July 18, 1968	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Colin Hendry	December 7, 1965	5	2	450	0	0	90	90	90						Coventry City
											90	90	-	-	-	/2[1] Bolton Wanderers
MF	Gary Holt	March 9, 1973	2	0	0	0	2	0	B	0						Kilmarnock F.C.
											B	B	-	-	B	/2[1] Norwich City
MF	Don Hutchison	May 9, 1971	8	1	707	1	0	90	90	90	90	90				Sunderland A.F.C.
													90	90	77	West Ham United
FW	Allan Johnston	December 14, 1973	3	0	180	1	1	B	45	45	B	90	-	-	-	Rangers F.C.
MF	Paul Lambert	August 7, 1969	4	0	360	0	0	-	-	-	90	90	90	90	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Dominic Matteo	April 28, 1974	4	0	334	1	0	-	-	-	90	64	90	90	-	Leeds United
MF	Neil McCann	November 8, 1974	4	1	276	2	0	90	45	-	-	-	51	-	90	Rangers F.C.
MF	Jackie McNamara	October 24, 1973	2	0	98	0	1	B	90	-	-	-	B	8	-	Celtic F.C.
DF	Gary Naysmith	November 16, 1978	5	0	399	1	1	45	90	90						Heart of Midlothian
											-	-	84	90	B	Everton F.C.
MF	Barry Nicholson	August 24, 1978	1	0	63	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	63	Dunfermline Athletic
DF	Brian O'Neil	September 6, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	VfL Wolfsburg
DF	Steven Pressley	October 11, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	B	B	-	-	-	Heart of Midlothian
MF	Gavin Rae	November 28, 1977	1	0	18	0	1	-	-	-	-	B	-	-	18	Dundee F.C.
DF	Paul Ritchie	August 21, 1975	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	B	-	-	-	-	-	Manchester City
MF	Scott Severin	February 15, 1979	1	0	13	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	Heart of Midlothian
GK	Neil Sullivan	February 24, 1970	8	0	720	0	0	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Tottenham Hotspur
DF	David Weir	May 10, 1970	7	1	569	2	0	45	B	90	90	90	90	74	90	Everton F.C.

 Latvia

Head coach: Gary Johnson (first to fifth match); Aleksandrs Starkovs (sixth to eighth match)

Pos.	Player	DoB	Games played	Goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on									Club
MF	Vitālijs Astafjevs	April 3, 1971	8	0	676	2	0	90	90	90	90	90	65	71	90	/3[1] Bristol Rovers
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	May 16, 1973	8	0	671	2	0	90	63	90	90	90	68	90	90	Skonto FC
MF	Imants Bleidelis	August 16, 1975	7	0	561	3	0	90	90	90	39	-	90	87	75	Southampton F.C.
FW	Viktors Dobrecovs	January 9, 1977	2	0	10	0	2	-	-	-	-	B	-	3	7	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
DF	Aleksandrs Isakovs	September 16, 1973	2	0	180	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	90	90	FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
DF	Valērijs Ivanovs	February 23, 1970	5	0	353	1	1	90	90	7	B	76	90	B	-
FW	Aleksandrs Jelisejevs	August 11, 1971	4	1	248	2	1	-	-	83						FC Arsenal-Tula
											54	21	90	-	-	Skonto FC
FW	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	May 4, 1980	2	0	60	1	1	-	-	B	-	45	-	-	15	Skonto FC
GK	Aleksandrs Koļinko	June 18, 1975	8	0	720	0	0	90								Skonto FC
									90	90	90	90	90	90	90	/2[1] Crystal Palace
MF	Juris Laizāns	January 6, 1979	7	0	630	0	0	90	90	90						Skonto FC
											90	-	90	90	90	CSKA Moscow
MF	Valentīns Lobaņovs	October 23, 1971	2	0	164	1	0	90	74	B	-	B	B	B	B	Skonto FC
DF	Viktors Lukaševičs	March 17, 1972	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	FK Ventspils
FW	Mihails Miholaps	August 24, 1974	3	0	84	0	3	B	B	-	B	45	20	19	-	Skonto FC
FW	Marians Pahars	August 5, 1976	7	2	610	1	0	90	90	90	90	90	70	-	90	Southampton F.C.
FW	Ēriks Pelcis	June 25, 1978	1	0	23	0	1	B	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	Anyang LG Cheetahs
GK	Andrejs Piedels	September 17, 1970	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	Skonto FC
DF	Nikolajs Poļakovs	July 2, 1975	1	0	27	0	0	B	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	Policijas FK
MF	Jurģis Pučinskis	March 1, 1973	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	B	Dinaburg FC
FW	Vīts Rimkus	June 21, 1973	2	0	86	1	1	-	-	-	17	69	-	-	-	FK Ventspils
MF	Andrejs Rubins	November 26, 1978	8	1	641	4	0	90	90							Skonto FC
										65	73	90	90	60	83	/2[1] Crystal Palace
MF	Igors V. Stepanovs	August 15, 1966	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	B	B	-	FK Ventspils
DF	Igors Stepanovs	January 21, 1976	8	0	720	0	0	90								Skonto FC
									90	90	90	90	90	90	90	Arsenal F.C.
FW	Andrejs Štolcers	July 8, 1974	6	1	381	1	2	90	67	B						FC Spartak Moscow
											36	90	25	73	-	Fulham F.C.
DF	Igors Troickis	January 11, 1969	2	0	180	0	0	B	B	90	90	B	-	-	-	FK Ventspils
GK	Andris Vaņins	April 30, 1980	0	0	0	0	0	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	-	FK Ventspils
FW	Māris Verpakovskis	October 15, 1979	4	0	196	0	3	-	-	25	51	-	B	30	90	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
	Renārs Vucāns	November 4, 1976	0	0	0	0	0	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Skonto FC
DF	Artūrs Zakreševskis	August 7, 1971	4	0	216	0	2	B	B	B						FK Liepājas Metalurgs
											B	14	22	90	90	Skonto FC
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	December 21, 1969	6	0	466	0	1	-	16	90	90	90	90	90	B	Skonto FC

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.

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